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Isaiah 19:6

Egypt

4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
KJV
And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
WEB
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
ASV
And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
DARBY
and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
BLB
and the rivers will trickle and will become foul, and the brooks of Egypt dried out; the reeds and rushes will wither,
ÅB
og elvene stinker, Egypts strømmer minker og blir tørre; rør og siv visner;
OTB
Kanalene skal avgi en stank; Egypts bekker skal minke og tørke opp. Siv og sivgress skal visne.
B1930
og elvene stinker, Egyptens strømmer minker og blir tørre; rør og siv visner;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:25

    I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

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  • Exodus 7:18

    And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

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  • Job 8:11

    Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

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  • 2 Kings 19:24

    I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

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  • Exodus 2:3

    And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

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  • Isaiah 15:6

    For the waters of Nimrim shall be desolate: for the hay is withered away, the grass faileth, there is no green thing.

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  • Isaiah 18:2

    That sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying, Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodden down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

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